收购

收購

shōugòu

verb HSK 5 #8,440

Meanings

To collect by purchasing - to acquire (often in a business context).

HSK 2

大公司收购了这家小公司。

Dà gōngsī shōugòu le zhèjiā xiǎo gōngsī.

The large company acquired this small company.

HSK 3

这次收购花了十亿美元。

Zhècì shōugòu huā le shíyì Měiyuán.

This acquisition cost one billion US dollars.

HSK 5

他们在农村收购农产品。

Tāmen zài nóngcūn shōugòu nóngchǎnpǐn.

They buy up agricultural products in the countryside.

usage

收购 is the standard term for corporate acquisitions and mergers. 并购 = merger and acquisition (M&A).

收 shōu

购 gòu